Creative Connection Preschool Hiring for Daycare Teacher Job at Lake Oswego, OR Full Time

We are a small business located in Lake Oswego looking for a teacher to help us develop our daycare program alongside our provider. Our schools prioritize holistic care that supports the emotional, mental, physical, and social growth of each student, and we’d love to find a dedicated teacher who is excited about helping us create a wonderful experience for the 0-2s in our care!

Responsibilities

• Maintain a safe and clean environment for children
• Engage awake children in play or monitor napping children
• Assist in feeding and changing children
• Log children’s activities and schedules in the Procare App
• Communicate with coworkers and parents about child status
• Assist provider in meeting licensing standards and follow state regulations
• Become a valued member of our community and have fun with the kids!

Required Experience and Training

• Oregon required trainings (free): Recognizing and Reporting Abuse and Neglect, Prevention is Better than Treatment, Safe Sleep for Oregon’s Infants, Introduction to Child Care Health and Safety, Foundations for Learning
• Food Handler’s Card (free)
• Enrollment in Central Background Registry (Conditional or Approved CBR Necessary for application)
• First Aid/CPR for Adults and Infants
• High school graduate or higher
• Preferred one year experience in child care

Schedule and Pay
We are open 7:30am to 5:30pm Monday through Friday. We offer flexible work days and hours depending on child ratios, with preferences being opening (7:30 to 4) or closing shifts (9 to 5:30). We provide midday paid breaks. Starting pay is 18/hr, and we provide at least yearly raises to staff.

Skills
We believe that everyone has different strengths when it comes to engaging children, especially around play times, and we want you to play to your strengths as an educator. For example, if you are passionate about art, music, some form of exercise or movement, or even just really good at make believe, then these are all skills that will transfer well to our environment! Playing well alongside children and meeting them where they are at are highly desired skills.

Strong interpersonal skills are recommended–you will be working as an equal partner with our provider, although she has final say and responsibility over the environment. We work closely with parents to ensure the safety and wellbeing of their children, and consider our educators, parents, and children to be a part of a diverse community.

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: From $18.00 per hour

Benefits:

• Employee discount
• Flexible schedule

Schedule:

• 8 hour shift
• Monday to Friday

Ability to commute/relocate:

• Lake Oswego, OR 97035: Reliably commute or planning to relocate before starting work (Required)

Education:

• High school or equivalent (Required)

Experience:

• Childcare: 1 year (Required)

Work Location: One location